2005 D&T Excellence Awards

The ceremony took place at the Royal Society on Friday, 18 March 2005 with over one hundred invited guests.

James Dyson presented the Dyson Design and Technology Teacher of the Year Award to David Hayles from Saltash Community School in Cornwall, who has been working with QCA and Goldsmiths College on their exciting "Assessing Creativity within Design and Technology" project.

The guest of honour and speaker was Claire Curtis-Thomas MP. In his response the Design and Technology Association's Chief Executive Richard Green thanked her for the recognition given to the award winners and also to the Design and Technology Association as the leading Subject Association. He described the Association's achievements in the past twelve months, and the value the charity places on the advice and support of members, the advisory groups and government agencies.

Richard also expressed his delight that the Trustees continue to invest in the Awards and thanked the sponsors, DfES, British Meat Education Service, Boxford, Denford, the James Dyson Foundation, the Institution of Engineering Designers, Rapid Electronics and Thales.

The categories, with photographs of this year's winners receiving their awards from Dr Ray Peacock, Chairman of the Design and Technology Association

Category 1:
Outstanding Contribution to Design and Technology Education

This is the highest professional award made by the Design and Technology Association. The persons being nominated can come from any part of the subject area, including schools, advisory, lecturing, teaching, research, curriculum development, management and administration to industry and suppliers. To be given this award a person will need to have given service over a long period of time and made an outstanding contribution, showing commitment and leadership.

Winners (l-r): Andy Breckon, CfBT/Lincolnshire County Council;
Bob Cater, Engineering Education Scheme, Wales

Category 2:
Subject Teacher Training Design and Technology

This award is for lecturers, advisors, inspectors, consultants or teachers for their service to training teachers. The category covers both in-service and initial teacher training. This award will be for high quality work in this field over a significant period of time that has helped teachers' understanding and given confidence to teachers over a significant period of time.

Winners (l-r): John Hindhaugh, SETPOINT Staffordshire; Sandie Kendall, Bartlett Kendall Associates;
Gwyneth Owen-Jackson, University of Wolverhampton; Gareth Pimley, Shropshire Education Advisory Services

Category 3:
Subject Leadership Design and Technology

This is award is for subject leadership in school. It covers all phases and will seek to award those who have made a significant contribution over a period of time in developing design and technology in their school and have established high standards of performance from pupils in their care. Those obtaining this award will need to have displayed outstanding management skills and be excellent at promoting the subject in school and the local area.

Winners (l-r): Jane Ford, Brookhurst Primary School; Su Hancocks, Bearwood Primary School, Barry McGregor, Specialist Schools Trust, Andrea Phillips, St Peter Port Secondary School

Category 4:
Outstanding Teacher Design and Technology

This is awarded to teachers who have displayed outstanding capability in teaching design and technology over a period of time. They may be a Co-ordinator or Head of Department or those not holding such positions but consistently displaying outstanding practice in teaching design and technology. This will not only include teaching in timetabled lessons, but also those who have displayed high quality extra-curriculum activities.

Winners (l-r): Ray Birch, Holmer Green Junior School; Briony King, Mounts Bay School; Sarah Middleton, The Robert Smyth School; Sally Saill, Fairchildes Primary School

Category 5:
Outstanding Newcomer to Design and Technology Award

This award is for students nearing the completion of their training or for teachers in their first two years of teaching. They will need to have shown outstanding ability in their training and display the capacity to be an outstanding teacher.

Winners (l-r): Kirsty Hopwood, Hextable Infant School; Robin Taylor, Colstons Primary School; Natalie Tebbatt, The Beauchamp College; Neil Winter, University of Greenwich

Category 6:
Exceptional Support for Design and Technology Award

This award is for a classroom assistant, teaching assistant or technician, whose support for the subject has been exceptional. Generally, the support will have been given consistently over a period of time and made a significant impact on pupils' learning, either directly through classroom/workshop support or through support to teaching staff.

Winners (l-r): Neil Giles, Thomas Telford School; Sharon Lomas, Five Ways
Primary School; Deborah Sims, The Beauchamp College

2005 Dyson Design and Technology Teacher of the Year Award
David Hayles, Saltash Community School

David Hayles receiving his award and
new vacuum cleaner from James Dyson